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On Wednesday, Kosovan police undertook raids against smuggler gangs across the northern part of the country, notably the divided town of Mitrovica, where special officers faced oppositions from local Serbs.  A police statement said the raids took place in four areas, most of which are populated by the country’s Serb …

Speaking on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian reiterated Beijing’s position on the Indian province of Arunachal Pradesh, stating China has never recognized the unilaterally and illegally established territory.  The spokesman said China firmly opposed Indian leaders’ visits to the region, referencing Naidu’s trip to the mountainous region that …

In a statement published on Monday, officials said that the American-designed ‘smart glasses’ “have design features that mean they can be classified as a special tool intended for secretly obtaining information.” The decision opens the door to a potential ban not only on their sale, but on their use in …

I don’t really want to defend Zuckerberg, or the machine for surveillance and monetization of private information he has built under the guise of a social network. For hundreds of millions of people across the world, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – all of which his company owns – are the …

The lengthy conflict between the Loudoun County School Board (LCSB) and parents unhappy with its policy to better accommodate the needs of transgender students has reached a new level of intensity this week.  One of the protesting parents accused the board of covering up something that Superintendent Scott Ziegler claimed …

The release of the highly anticipated parliamentary report offers no comfort whatsoever to the families and loved ones of those who have so far fallen victim to the Covid-19 virus in the UK. But it does make you angry. Very. Bloody. Angry. Parliamentary reports rarely give rise to much emotion. …

Speaking on Wednesday, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, put the blame for rising tensions firmly on Taipei, accusing it of inventing “bogus accusations” against Beijing and colluding with foreign powers.  “The [Democratic Progressive Party] DPP authorities’ hyping of the so-called ‘military threat’ of the mainland is to …

The incident kicked off during Texas A&M’s shock 41-38 win over top-ranked team Alabama, according to Bessemer Police. A pair of men who had gathered to see the much-hyped showdown in a Birmingham, Alabama suburb began arguing over which was the better team, forcing the homeowner to ask them to …

The measures, imposed on September 7, could catastrophically affect Russian manufacturers’ shipments to the US, which exceed $100 million annually. American importers bought more than 765 million rounds of ammunition from Russia in 2020. The sanctions restrict the “permanent import” of small arms and ammunition to the US by automatically …

In a statement published online and seen by local media on Tuesday, Vladislav Pozdnyakov, the founder of Male State, said that the Telegram messaging service had threatened to kick its account off the platform. After complaints from Apple and Google, which host Telegram in their app stores, messages from the …